September 1 – Monday (YAY!)
On the train finally! Thought we were going to miss it because Hugo kept forgetting things. Mum was doing her usual pre-Hogwarts check at breakfast, making sure we had packed everything. Hugo kept shaking his head. I wonder what he had been doing last night!
Any way I'm sitting in a compartment with all my friends and Lysander is telling every one's fortunes. He brought a pack of tarot cards to muck around with. He says that they aren't half as reliable as tea leaves but who am I to judge, I don't even believe in the skill of divination. He has been telling every one who stops by the compartment the same future.
Oh Lia has just announced that she is off to gather the latest gossip from her sources. She was in the Australian bush for her summer holidays visiting her father's family. She is the only one I know with gay parents. Her dad Seamus is an old school mate of my parents. When he "came out" only a few old friends stayed friends, which is sad, because it wasn't like he as a person had changed.
I'm feeling like this train trip is taking forever, they normally fly by but today is dragging. I guess its because a part from Lia most of us caught up over the summer so we don't have a lot of catching up to do like we usually do. Scor is watching me write, I can tell by his face he is curious and trying to work out what I am doing without asking me. He likes to know more than me.
Hah ha! I feel like I've won because he had to ask me what I was doing. I gave the typical and annoying answer of "I thought you were smart, can't you see I'm writing?" before I told him. He then asked "What have you been recording beside that you're on a train? …. Hang on, did you just write this down too?" Haha.
Whoops, first day as head girl and I already forget about patrolling. At noon, one of the Gryffindor prefects came and told Scor and I off for "sitting there relaxing, ... neglecting our duties." Scor and I looked sheepish until the prefect left and then the we all laughed. Still Scor and I got up and started patrolling like good role models. I can't wait until the night patrols with Scor and his hip flask of firewhisky. We have a "sip" every now and then to fight off the cold. Still do not know how we managed to be heads.
Yay bedtime! I always get tired after a lecture. The rest of the train journey was more enjoyable so I didn't feel the need to write. Lysander stopped trying to tell us our futures so we used his tarot cards to make up our own games. We did like this truth and dare game mixed in with a few rules from a muggle drinking game that Lia saw her dad play. It was pretty silly. Each card had its own rule. So depending on what card you drew out of the stack you had to do a particular action. Since we made up the rules they were pretty silly. Any rule not obeyed to the satisfaction of the group, everyone else got to flick your face. There was one rule called thumb master. It involved the person who turned that card up having the power to put their thumb on the table. Since we didn't have a table, it was their thigh. Then everyone else had to follow suit, the last person to do so got flicked in the face. We all didn't want to be last.
The feast was pretty typical, repeating the same rules as always, forbidden forest is called that for a reason, etc. First years got sorted and we sang the school song. Though during the headmaster's welcome back speech, Scor kept on pulling faces at me. I guess he was trying to interrupt my attempt at being a good girl. I was trying to show that I can behave and be sensible.
After the feast Scor and I got pulled aside. Turns out the heads have an awesome dorm and common room of their own. I never knew this. I was anticipating being in the same dorm as always. Professor Longbottom stressed that the dorm and common room was a privilege. Only one has to misbehave for it to be taken away from both of us. He said that there was a book outlining all the rules that came with having it and that we should read it thoroughly. It outlined the rules on having sleep overs, not to give the password to our friends. Also that the portrait has the right to not allow entry to any one. No late night visitors. That no contraband to be kept there that there will be regular and random inspections. Even a messy common room can also get us kicked out for a period of time.
I do enjoy having this room to myself. I get a beautiful soft bed in Ravenclaw colours, the curtains around the bed are a beautiful shade of bronze. When I first came in here I immediately turned around and ran back to the common room where I met Scor. He was equally as taken with his room, with silver curtains around his bed. I still can't believe it, that this is my room for the year. I feel like a princess.